Life without Anorexia

My motto is 'Dont let the sadness of your past & the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present'

My life at the moment is completely different to how it once was. I spent 5 years sick with anorexia nervosia and depression as well as struggling with self harm and overexercising. I spent 2 years in different treatment centres.
And since 2012 i have been declared healthy from my eating disorder.

I have been blogging for 7 years, and my whole journey is written in my posts. I now represent healthy and happiness. I want to show anyone struggling that it is possible to recover, no matter how hard it may seem.

I now blog about recovery, my life, veganism and positivity!

If you have any questions leave them in the comment section as i am much quicker at answering there, otherwise you can always send an email: [email protected]

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Monday morning

After 9 hours sleep, what better way to start my new week & new day than with a walk with my dog? Its been waaay to long since ive been out with her!! Im longing for summer so i can start going for more regular walks!!! They are my time to think... when i get ideas and get all creative... That might be why i am lacking inspiration for posts - which you may have noticed.
   I am going to try to write some more posts... Let me know if you have any topic ideas :) And hopefully get around to making an advice video with tips on how to eat again.... Though that might not be until next weekend, as i come home so late everyday and by that point its so dark that the lighting for making a video is terrible!! haha

After my walk it was time for breakfast!!
  Egg white oatmeal with cashews, 2 kiwis & cottage cheese (&& of course lots of cinnamon!) and afterwards i added some more nuts and seeds!




^^Can you tell that someone else was hungry? :)

Let me know some topic suggestions, and i will try write about them/do my best to give advice :)

And dont forget to have a lovely day :)
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 9:50 AM

    Hi!
    Some device for stop counting calories would be great!...

    I hope you have a good day to! :

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 11:49 AM

      Hey You,

      I'd like to share an idea what I've been trying to do now to get calories out of my head a little..

      I write food diary, just what I ate... not how much but what did that lunch/dinner/breakfast etc. consisted of... and at the end of the day if I really push myself and don't log in in calorie counter and see the list it really doesn't look that bad, my food diary doesn't look that bad. Counting calories is sooooo making me tired.. and it's everyday the same so why am I counting, what the heck am I counting... This doesn't work always but when it does and I wake up next day which means I'm still alive and I didn't die or aliens didn't land on earth or something like that I get more confidence... maybe you can try that.. Don't be too hard on yourself... if it doesn't work right away.. I manage it 2-3 times a week. Not easy but really worth of trying !! Fuck Ana :)

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 8:00 PM

      Thanks that is sweet of you! -Actually I have tried that before, but then I came into a bad spiral again... But year I will try again now..!

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    3. LottieFebruary 18, 2014 at 12:02 AM

      Personally I never used calorie-counting sights, I just worked it out in my head, so in case that is what you do here's what I did to stop.
      Everytime I started counting calories I forced myself to just count 10 deep breaths instead and then move on and think about something else like what I'd buy if I won the lottery or where I'd like to go on holiday. It sounds silly but having that little routine meant everytime I caught myself counting calories I could just shout "stop" in my head, count to 10 and then move on with something more interesting. It took a lot of willpower to do it at first but after a while I just didn't count calories at all.
      I honestly think that stopping counting calories was the biggest step I have made so far in recovery. It meant I could finally eat the food I really wanted without worrying. Once I stopped counting calories I felt free for the first time in ages. So although it may be a tough thing to do, it really is so so worth persisting.
      Hope that helps in some way and good luck :)
      xxx

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    4. LottieFebruary 18, 2014 at 12:02 AM

      *sites

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    5. IzzyFebruary 18, 2014 at 7:24 AM

      Thank you to both of you who shared your tips!!! :)

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  2. adele stosurFebruary 17, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    Hi izzy, i really would like you to Write some post about How do you have started to gain muscles again after anorezia and How much time has it takes. And also if you cuold Write a post about How do you prepare Your breakfasts and sancks.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    Perhaps posts about recovery, how to differentiate between binging in recovery and actual binging disorder, when is the time to start exercise again, how to avoid relapses etc....J
    Of course I would also like to see more personal posts from you, what you eat/do, how you feel etc :-) J

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 7:32 PM

    Hi! I would really love a post about how you found your identity after recovery? I mean were you ever afraid of who you would be without anorexia? I´ve had the diagnosis five years and I really don´t know who I am if not anorexic. My family keeps saying that they wan´t back the person I was. But I know I was not happy then and I know thats not what I want to be. I think I´m afraid of letting go of anorexia. How to go on?

    -Annie

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